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Friday - Slack complement for distributed teams

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The easiest way to stay connected as a distributed team. It's like a journal for work.
Friday.app helps you automate routine communication like daily standups, weekly status updates, CEO updates, and any other regular communication event you can think of

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Ryan Hoover
Product Hunt
Feels similar to Humble Dot which we use at Product Hunt. Curious how this compares. 🤔
Luke Thomas
Maker
@rrhoover a few things from what I can tell: 1.) more question types (emoji question, likert, list, block editor, etc) 2.) We have more customization around visibility of updates. Instead of public/private questions, you can pick if individuals, team(s), or the entire company can see results. We had public/private questions a while ago but customers found it to be confusing because you need to context switch in the middle of your update. 3.) We don't have shout-outs. We a feature-set called power-ups (kudos/ideas for improvement) that can be toggled on each workflow. Again, more customizable. We get 3-4x as much recognition sent in Friday vs. other tools because it's baked into workflow. 4.) We're a bit cheaper 5.) You can do top-down updates in Friday (note from the CEO, etc) 6.) We're a fully distributed team building tools for remote work. We aren't all in the same office ;) Again, this is my view, but I'd encourage anyone to try both tools out and pick the best solution for their needs. It's great to see others trying to solve this pain.
Luke Thomas
Maker
Thanks for hunting us @ryandawidjan! We built Friday because there's a need to see what's going on at work from a high-level. Workplace chat and project management tools are GREAT at collaboration, but it can still be difficult to understand what's going on. This is especially true with distributed teams. I've worked remotely for a few different companies over 6+ years. The best places I worked understood that you need to create communication "routines" to help people stay connected. The worst places I worked didn't do this. So we built Friday to help. Friday breaks down barriers to sharing regular updates (daily standups, weekly updates, retrospectives, etc). We will do everything except fill out the update. It's kind of like a journal for work :) Friday is not a Slack competitor (we use Slack internally). We aren't a project management tool either (we use Trello internally). We're a new tool that helps you understand what's going on at work from a high-level. Feel free to give it a try and let me know what you think!
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Hunter
@lukethomas14 my pleasure Luke - have loved your blog and thoughts on the subject!
Chris Cole
@lukethomas14 I feel like this would be great for the team at @webflowapp, that is very distributed and embraces that as part of their culture.
John Capecelatro
I've been a user of Friday since its earliest days. It's been an incredibly helpful tool for me as a manager to better engage with my team in a seamless, unobtrusive way. I've found the product evolution to be thoughtful and consistent, and I'm excited to introduce new teams I work with to Friday! Would highly recommend giving this a shot.
Luke Thomas
Maker
@jcap49 thanks John! Really appreciate your support. Lots more good stuff on the way in the next couple of months :)
Basheera Kunnil
@lukethomas14, congrats on the Ph launch 👏 Love this 😍
Steven Moseley
I’ve tried managing a distributed transcontinental team via Slack, PM tools, email and Hangouts before. It’s unmanageable. Lots of early mornings and late nights. Friday’s toolset is exactly what was missing to allow people in different time zones to work together seamlessly. So glad this exists! 👍
Grant Deken
Happy customer here. Slack is so ephemeral and disorganized. We started using Friday so we can streamline the most important communication and drive transparency across the team. Our whole team adds their goals at the beginning of the week and then debriefs and scores themselves at the end of the week to see how we did. I also love the weekly CEO note. It gives me an opportunity to set the focus/pace each week. Maybe best of all is this team is not slowing down, and the product just keeps getting better and better. Congrats @lukethomas14 and the Friday team.
steve johnson
Love this product and have used it for teams up to 300 people. Great ability to quickly get feedback and suggestions from team members. Give it a try!
Ryan Dunnewold
Friday
Maker
👋I've worked with @lukethomas14 at two companies now. Previously at Crystal together. Currently Head of User Experience at Friday with him. Love building a product for remote teams as a remote team. Was not fully sold on remote work before Friday. I won't go back :) Hit us up if there's anything you want to see us build! We've got an exciting roadmap for 2020!
Rich Paret
I love this product for any team, not just distributed ones. As you scale, it gets harder and harder to get a pulse on what's happening at your company. Most systems people buy or build in-house report in one direction: up. That's setting yourself up for failure and also missing a key opportunity: getting your teams on a regular cadence of communication is a secret scaling weapon. Less time in meetings, more transparency and agency for your team (they can't solve problems they don't know about), and more excitement - hearing about progress is infectious.
Justin Battenfield
We have 3 different physical locations and Friday has brought such a unity for us. I use it for Daily Stand-Ups, Weekly Retros, Weekly Planning, and my One on One's. @lukethomas14 is always open to feedback and wants to do great things for distributed teams.
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